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Newcastle Harbour has hosted sailing regattas for over 175 years, but never has it witnessed a sight more exciting or nail-biting than this – eight grand-prix TP52s planing across the line under spinnaker, fanned by 25 knots of wild, wild…
The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania has claimed the ‘best sailing club’ crown, their exemplary crew work in gusty westerlies and ability to strategise under pressure landing the young team the Sailing Champions League: Asia Pacific 2021 open win in…
The 2021 Open and U23 Finn European Championship gets underway in Vilamoura, Portugal, on Monday with around 49 sailors from 29 nations completing measurement and registration over the weekend. Over the coming week 10 races are scheduled up to Friday…
The title of best sailing club in Australia for 2021 is less than 24 hours from being awarded and the same young Tasmanian and Sydney teams that were on top on day one sit at the top of the points…
It was a rare sight to see eight top-flight TP52s going toe-to-toe on a start line, but ultimately a familiar name topped the IRC leader board on Day 1 of the TP52 Gold Cup at Newcastle SailFest Regatta. Matt Allen’s…
Spithill designs roster for current and future performance advantage NEW YORK — April 8, 2021 — The United States SailGP Team revealed its complete SailGP Season 2 lineup today with the announcement of athletes Daniela Moroz, CJ Perez, and Paul…
It was on April 9th in 1974 that Sayula II, skippered by Ramón Carlin, and representing Mexico, stunned the world by winning the inaugural Whitbread Round the World Race. Since then, no Mexican team has entered the race. Until now….
Ten sailing teams from around Australia enjoyed a late burst of summer as part of a huge weekend of watersports hosted by the City of Newcastle. The Sailing Champions League Asia Pacific Final opened Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club’s annual SailFest…
Halifax, Nova Scotia will host a 400-strong field of the world’s best sailors from over 35 countries when the World Championships for three Olympic classes, the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17, kick off in September 2022. Taking place in Canada…
A blast of cannon fire from Fort Scratchley will signal the start of SailFest Newcastle’s signature event, the TP52 Gold Cup, around 12.30pm Saturday, with eight yachts hitting the line off Newcastle’s coast. Among the fleet is reigning two-time Sydney-Hobart…
The MOD70 trimaran, PowerPlay, led by Peter Cunningham and skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield, has completed the original Fastnet Course of 595 nautical miles in a new world record of 25 hours 04 minutes 18 seconds, subject to ratification by…
The 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race will see a collaboration between two eminent yacht clubs; The Royal Ocean Racing Club and Yacht Club de France, as they team up for the next edition of the 3,000 nm (5,500km) race from Lanzarote,…
Three weeks after his Italian-based team lost the America’s Cup match on New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf, Jimmy Spithill has arrived on Bermuda’s Great Sound to lead the reconfigured American team in the SailGP global league. Spithill will make his SailGP…
April 9, 2021 The France SailGP Team announced its line up that will compete in the second season of SailGP, which will take part in multiple nations, including one event in Bermuda this month. The SailGP website said, “With less…
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is deeply saddened by the loss of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh – former RYA President and RYA Honorary Member. Our thoughts are with Her Majesty The Queen, RYA Patron, The Princess Royal,…
They are five-time World Champions, and they are ready for #Tokyo2020. Here is our Men’s 470 Olympic Campaign Update. 🎥: Beau Outteridge
A discussion of outboard motor starting problems, some of the causes and quick solutions, aimed at non-mechanics. Includes an overview of the 4, 5 and 6 HP Tohatsu / Mariner / Mercury motor, basic checks if the motor won’t start,…
SailGP is sailing redefined. Established in 2018 and headquartered in London and New York, SailGP is an annual, global sports championship featuring bold, cutting-edge technology and awe-inspiring athleticism. The fan-centric, inshore racing takes place in some of the most iconic…
The 2021 Australian Para Sailing Championships, for Hansa 303 One Person and Two Person divisions, were held in conjunction with the Australian Hansa Class Championships in Canberra over the Easter holiday weekend. Tasmanian Chris Symonds claimed the Open and Para…
The recent death of Robert Joseph (Bob) Holmes was the passing of one of the truly great Australian 18ft Skiff champions. Bob was five times JJ Giltinan world champion and five times Australian champion, and won many other state and club…
Olympic Gold Medallist and defending SailGP Champion Tom Slingsby has recruited two highly-credentialed female sailors to the crew and has retained four of his five winning squad members. After securing a history making win as the first Inaugural Champions of…
“The sense that buying the Cup is a somewhat vulgar expression of opportunism is prevalent in many that I spoke to in Cowes over the weekend – it would be far more welcomed after a hard-won, deserved British victory –…
Time for a campaign update from our Women’s 470 team of Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries, who have definitely made the most of the extra time to prepare for #Tokyo2020 #GoAusSailors #TokyoTogether #470Sailing #OlympicSailing #Sailing #Sail470 🎥: Beau Outteridge
A #Tokyo2020 campaign update from our 49erFX team of Tess Lloyd and Jaime Ryan 🌬🎌 #GoAusSailors #TokyoTogether #TeamAUS 🎥: Beau Outteridge
Our Laser representative for #Tokyo2020 Matt Wearn and Coach Michael Blackburn provide an update on Matt’s campaign from their recent camp at Coffs Harbour ☀️ #GoAusSailors #TokyoTogether #TeamAUS 📸: Beau Outteridge
Will and Sam Phillips along with coach Mal Page give us an update on their #Tokyo2020 campaign from their recent training camp in Flinders 🌊 #GoAusSailors #TokyoTogether #TeamAUS 🎥 Beau Outteridge
‘We need to get you into Horta asap’, the message on our Garmin inReach read, ‘there’s a low forming north of you and, if you don’t get in by Sunday morning, you could experience gale force winds of 50-60 knots.’…
The Sunshine Coast Yacht Club at Mooloolaba on the beautiful Sunshine Coast planned to run the Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta (SCOR) on 18th and 19th July. This was to be in conjunction with the Brisbane to Sunshine Coast (B2SC) race…
Australian sailing clubs are reminded that from 1 January 2022 all competitors in any race are required to be a member of a club. Extensive work was done in early 2020 on communicating a change in policy that all competitors…
Top Australian and New Zealand sailors in the RORC Caribbean 600 – MySailing.com.au
Carrera S, a Marten 49, skippered by Gerry Cantwell took first place on AMS and PHS plus line honours in the 2021 ORCV Port Fairy race in what the skipper described as “a very challenging race” “It wasn’t a physical…
Adrian Walters was quick on the draw when entries opened for Airlie Beach Race Week 2021; his fun and fast Rob Shaw 11 Metre design, Little Nico, was the first entry received by the Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) and other…
Since its birth in 1970, one of the missions of the Figaro Circuit has been to encourage, cultivate and develop great offshore solo and short-handed sailors. Cecile Laguette, Skipper and Naval Architect, started her first Figaro race in 2016…
Ken Read, Shirley Robertson, and Nathan Outteridge look back at AC36, and the four teams representing four nations, Britain, America, Italy, and New Zealand who battled it out for the Worl’d’s oldest sporting trophy on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf.
The much anticipated behind-the-scenes documentary series ‘SailGP: Racing on the Edge’ in partnership with Rolex is here. In the first episode go under the hood of the supercharged F50 catamaran developed specifically for SailGP, find out how the concept for…
Team New Zealand veteran Ray Davies is adamant the America’s Cup is well placed to push on from its success at Auckland 2021. Duncan Johnstone reports for Kiwi website Stuff.co.nz that moving the Cup forward is now the intrigue after…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has announced Jeremy Wilton as the new Chief Executive of the London and Cowes based Club from 6th April 2021. He will take over the leadership and development role of one of the world’s…
Dr Simon Torvaldsen’s JPK 10.80 “Atomic Blonde” has scored another impressive IRC win in Division 2 of the long offshore Cape Naturaliste Race run by Ocean Racing Western Australia. This JPK also won the Winter Series and is proving to…
We could sit for hours listening to all the heartbreak stories of boating misadventure, irresponsibility, stupidity, and disaster – though passing on the human tragedy thanks – recounted by marine insurance companies. It’s not so much a matter of schadenfreude,…
A yacht caught fire while on passage outbound from Conwy Marina and the four people on board were rescued by the crews of two other vessels. The four crew had noticed smoke coming out of the engine space hatch. After…
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